Grief, sisters, motherhood, memory and drugs. Kimberly King Parsons cracks open all of these themes without shying away from all their challenges and gratifications (yes, even grief), and what happens when any of these four mix in any combination. Kit, mother to Gilda and wife of Jad, lives in her head remembering her sister, Julie now dead. She manages to get a weekend off from child-rearing and goes away with her best friend but of course her memories come too. Wonderful writing, funny and sharp with great characterisation. Maybe I would have liked a slightly stronger 'present day' story.